Holding(s) in Company

Holding(s) in Company

Tate & Lyle PLC

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:			Â	  TATE & LYLE PLC
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					Â	X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached						Â
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments						Â
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights						Â
Other (please specify):______________						Â
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Â	Global AEGON Asset Management Group
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):		Â
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):		12 April 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:		14 April 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		3-4%

8: Notified Details

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code

Â

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Â

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of shares

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Number of voting rights

Number of shares   Direct

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Number of voting rights

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Percentage of voting rights

Direct

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Indirect

Direct

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Indirect

Ordinary 25p shares GB0008754136

18,557,819

18,557,819

16,820,298

16,820,298

1,855,299

3.59%

0.40%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Â	Expiration date	Â	Exercise/ conversion period	Â	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Â	Percentage of voting rights
N/A		Â		Â		Â		Â

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

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Exercise price

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Expiration date

Â

Exercise/ conversion period

Â

No. of voting rights instrument refers to

Â

Percentage of voting rights

Contracts for Difference

N/A

N/A

N/A

42,863

Nominal

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Delta

0.01%

1

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Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Â	Percentage of voting rights
18,718,460		4.00%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:   Global AEGON Asset Management group “AAM”   AEGON Asset Management Holding BV   AEGON Asset Management UK Holdings Ltd   AEGON Asset Management UK plc   AEGON Investment Management UK ltd AEGON ICVCAEGON ICVC

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	Â	Global AEGON Asset Management Group
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		Â
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		Â

13. Additional information:	Â	Â
14. Contact name:		Miranda Beacham
15. Contact telephone number:		0131 549 3460
Listed Company Contact name:		Lucie Gilbert, Deputy Company Secretary 020 7626 6525